1930s check tweed jacket art deco label

[herringbonekid]

this jacket has been posted before but i couldn't find the thread, anyway it's so good it deserves another go.
great bold check and amazing 30s deco label..

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GENUINE-1...UK_Men_s_Vintage_Clothing&hash=item1c28453b04

good price too. someone buy it !

 

[Baron Kurtz]

Ah yes, I think I posted this before. Amazing fabric. One of the best patterns I've seen!

 

[herringbonekid]

love the buttons.

 

[herringbonekid]

DURATIRE... durable attire.
you can't beat 30s corny label names.

 

[Guttersnipe]

Love it. That is definitely what a friend of mine calls a "going to the racetrack" check!

 

[Baron Kurtz]

you do't want to know how long I've been looking for a 30s one of these in my size!

 

[herringbonekid]

i can't believe this one hasn't been bought yet !

 

[Baron Kurtz]

I know; It's been going around for at least 6 months …

 

[Rudie]

It's too small. That's why.

 

[Tomasso]

I like the cloth but the pattern is rather shabbily matched at the shoulders and front quarters. As one of my old Italian tailors would say of matching the the pattern at the shoulder, "They gotta shaka da hands"......

 

[herringbonekid]

pattern matching isn't a vintage obsession, more a modern bespoke obsession.

 

[Tomasso]

pattern matching isn't a vintage obsession, more a modern bespoke obsession.

The tailor I'm referring to would be near 120 years old were he alive today. He was trained by his father and uncle in Napoli and then sent to America at the onset of WWII. He seemed to consider the pattern matching a very important detail of his craft and dismissed anything less as shoddy work.

 

[Baron Kurtz]

The fronts are particularly bad on this example. On "normal" width fabric, and "standard" method of cutting, I should have thought this would be impossible? Perhaps the fabric was made on a narrow loom, and there wasn't much of it? If you're having to make do with what fabric you have, sometimes matching is impossible.

 

[Baron Kurtz]

Not that any of that would stop me wearing it, were it 5 sizes smaller.

 

[herringbonekid]

if you look at the fronts, the dark horizontal stripes start off about right across the top, then get gradually more and more out of alignment as they go down. there's only one possible explanation i can think of for this; the fabric on the left side (our right) had stretched more than the other side before it was cut and the tailor didn't notice.

A.C., i've seen many examples of pattern matching on vintage British clothing that would be considered shoddy today, and i can only assume that it wasn't a major concern back then, so perhaps it's more of a Brit thing ?